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East Meets West Salmonid Fishermen Unite
Great Lakes Angler now officially has a sister chat room www.stscommunity.com. So if you have some plans to head out to the Pacific Northwest and would like to do some fishing while your out there go to the STS site and get all the info you need.

Forum Software Upgraded -- pics & video fixedThe GLA Forum software was updated to the latest version on Thursday, 8/21. This has fixed quite a few issues with the site. See the sticky post at the top of "Ask a Pro" for details.

Smilies

Explanation

'Smilies' are small graphical images that can be used to convey an emotion or feeling.
If you have used email or internet chat, you are likely familiar with the smilie concept.
Certain standard strings are automatically converted into smilies.
Try twisting your head on one side if you do not 'get' smilies;
using a bit of imagination should reveal a face of some description.

If you want to disable smilies in a post that you make, you can select the 'Disable Smilies' option
when posting. This is particularly useful if you are posting program code and you do not
want ;) converted to a smilie face!